TOURNAMENT NOTES

as of October 18, 2010

PUERTO RICO $25K WOMEN’S CHALLENGER BAYAMON, PR • OCTOBER 24-31

USTA PRO CIRCUIT WOMEN’S RETURNS TO BAYAMON TOURNAMENT INFORMATION The Puerto Rico $25K Women’s Challenger

returns to Bayamon after making its debut on USTA the USTA Pro Circuit last year. It is the only Site: Centro de Tenis Honda – Bayamon, P.R. USTA Pro Circuit tournament held in Puerto Websites: caribbean.usta.com Rico and is the fi nal $25,000 women’s event procircuit.usta.com of the 2010 USTA Pro Circuit season.

Qualifying draw begins: Sunday, October 24 This year’s main draw is expected to feature Main draw begins: Tuesday, October 26 17-year-old , the 2010 US Open girls’ doubles champion and girls’ Main Draw: 32 Singles / 16 Doubles singles semifi nalist who also reached the Surface: Hard singles quarterfi nals of the 2010 junior and Wimbledon while capturing Prize Money: $25,000 the doubles titles at both events. Stephens Tournament Director: also won her fi rst professional match earlier this year at the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour event Ricardo Nunez, (787) 378-6558 in Indian Wells, Calif. Hector Cabrera, (787) 406-9000 Tournament Press Contact: Also expected to compete in the main Rosa Martinez, (787) 982-7782 ext. 222 draw include: 17-year-old Alja Tomljanovic [email protected] of , who reached the fi nal of the Seventeen-year-old Sloane Stephens won $25,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Pelham, the 2010 US Open girls’ doubles title and USTA Public Relations Contacts: Ala., this April and made her debut in Fed advanced to the singles semifi nals. Eric Schuster, (914) 696-7260, [email protected] Cup play this year; Julia Cohen, a collegiate Amanda Korba, (914) 697-2219, [email protected] All-American who is currently a senior at of Florida; and , who won California University in Pennsylvania, having the 2010 US Open National Playoffs to earned All-America honors as a sophomore at PRIZE MONEY / POINTS receive a into the 2010 US Open the University of Miami and ITA Rookie of the Qualifying Tournament and who has claimed SINGLES: Prize Money Ranking Points Year honors as a freshman at the University Winner $2,940 50 three USTA Pro Circuit titles this year. Runner-Up $1,666 34 Semifi nalist $1,078 24 Also expected in the main draw are: Lauren Quarterfi nalist $686 14 Albanese, who won the USTA Girls’ 18s Round 16 $490 8 National Championships to earn an automatic Round 32 $294 1 wild card into the 2006 US Open, advancing to the second round, and has since reached DOUBLES: Prize Money (per team) seven USTA Pro Circuit fi nals; , Winner $1,176 who played at Harvard for one year before Runner-Up $686 turning pro and has competed in ITF Women’s Semifi nalist $392 Circuit events in Korea, , and Quarterfi nalist $196 ; , who won an ITF Round 16 $98 Women’s Circuit event in this year and qualifi ed for the $50,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Troy, Ala., two weeks ago; and former COMMUNITY EVENTS world No. 51 of , who Sunday, October 24 was runner-up to Mueller in the 2010 Tennis Carnival and QuickStart Tennis Clinic, 1-3 p.m. US Open National Playoffs.

Alexandra Mueller won the 2010 US Open National Playoffs and has captured three USTA Pro Circuit titles this year. Eric Taylor/1stString.com Eric Taylor/1stString.com TOURNAMENT NOTES

Those receiving main draw wild cards include: Megan Falcon, who in Williamsburg, Va., this year and reached the girls’ 18s fi nal at the won the USTA Missouri Valley Sectional Qualifying Tournament of the 2010 Easter Bowl as well as the girls’ quarterfi nals of the 2009 US Open National Playoffs, and Amanda McDowell, who was an US Open; and 17-year-old Ester Goldfeld, who reached the girls’ All-American at Georgia Tech and qualifi ed for fi ve USTA Pro Circuit singles and doubles quarterfi nals at the 2010 . events from July to October this year, including the $75,000 event in Albuquerque. Also expected in qualifying are: Elizabeth Lumpkin, who won her fi rst professional title last year at the $10,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Teenagers expected in qualifying include: 15-year-old Madison Keys, who Evansville, Ind., and who helped lead UCLA to the NCAA team title in won her fi rst professional title at the $10,000 event in Cleveland this 2008, as well as American veteran Story Tweedie-Yates, who won the year and also received a wild card into the 2010 US Open Qualifying team national championships at Stanford University in 2002 and 2004 Tournament, where she lost in three sets in the fi rst round; 17-year-old (earning All-America honors) and who owns three career USTA Pro Lauren Davis, who won her fi rst professional title at the $10,000 event Circuit doubles titles.

Lauren Davis, who fi nished 2009 as the No. 2-ranked girl in the nation, won her fi rst professional title three weeks ago in Williamsburg, Va. TOURNAMENT NOTES

USTA PRO CIRCUIT 30 MILLION PLAYERS

With more than 90 tournaments throughout the country and prize money ranging from $10,000 to The USTA Pro Circuit serves as an integral part of the USTA’s $100,000, the USTA Pro Circuit is the pathway to the US Open and tour-level competition for aspiring mission to grow and develop tennis in the . In tennis players and a frequent battleground for established professionals. The USTA launched its Pro Circuit November 2009, the USTA and Tennis Industry Association 31 years ago to provide players with the opportunity to gain professional ranking points and has since announced that tennis participation in the United States topped grown to become the largest developmental tennis circuit in the world, offering more than $3 million in 30 million players for the fi rst time in more than two decades prize money. Last year, more than 1,000 men and women from more than 70 countries competed in cities with participation growing in all age groups under the age nationwide. , , , , Jelena Jankovic, of 50 and within all ethnicities. Another survey conducted by and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga are among today’s top stars who began their careers on the USTA Pro Circuit. the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association last year also showed that tennis is the only traditional sport to enjoy growth In 2009, the USTA Pro Circuit helped launch in grass-roots participation. the careers of two young Americans— Melanie Oudin and . Oudin began 2009 ranked No. 177, but climbed NJTL the rankings by winning back-to-back $50,000 USTA Pro Circuit events. With a Cities across the country participate in the USTA/National Junior boost in confi dence, she reached the fourth Tennis and Learning (NJTL) network, a nationwide network of round of Wimbledon and the quarterfi nals community tennis organizations seeking to develop the character of the 2009 US Open. She is now the No. 3 of young people through both tennis and education. Founded American woman behind Venus and Serena by Arthur Ashe in 1969, more than 550 registered chapters/ Williams. Isner joined the USTA Pro Circuit programs exist throughout the nation with more than 220,000 after turning pro in 2007 and jump-started participants ages 6-18, making NJTL one of the USTA’s largest the best season of his career by winning community-based initiatives. the Tallahassee Challenger last year. Subsequently, he reached the semifi nals at two Olympus US Open Series events and US OPEN NATIONAL PLAYOFFS upset Andy Roddick en route to the fourth round at the 2009 US Open. This year, Isner The USTA hosted the inaugural captured his fi rst tour title and reached US Open National Playoffs this year, the fourth round of the Australian Open to making the US Open “open” to become the No. 2 American in men’s tennis. anyone age 14 and older and all skill levels. A total of 859 men and 373 women competed in 16 Sectional PLAYER DEVELOPMENT Qualifying Tournaments nationwide, with the winners squaring off in The USTA Player Development program identifi es and develops the next generation of American champions Atlanta (men) and Stanford, Calif. (women) for wild cards into by surrounding the top junior players and young pros with the resources, facilities and coaching they need the 2010 US Open Qualifying Tournament. , 23, of to reach their maximum potential. The Player Development program is based at the USTA Training Center St. Louis, and Alexandra Mueller, 22, of Abington, Pa., won the Headquarters in Boca Raton, Fla., and also utilizes Training Centers in Carson, Calif., and Flushing, N.Y., as US Open National Playoffs and competed in this year’s US Open well as a series of Certifi ed Regional Training Centers located throughout the continental United States. Qualifying Tournament.

BAYAMON PAST WINNERS Singles Doubles Year Winner Runner-Up Year Winner 2009 Rosana de los Rios (PAR) Mirjana Lucic (CRO) 2009 Kimberly Couts (USA) – (CAN) USTA PRO CIRCUIT PLAYER INFORMATION

PLAYERS TO WATCH pg. 2 Michaella Krajicek (NED) pg. 6 Lindsay Lee-Waters Mirjana Lucic (CRO) Beatrice Capra Christina McHale

Julia Cohen pg. 3 Alexandra Mueller pg. 7 Kimberly Couts Stephanie Dubois (CAN)

Irina Falconi pg. 4 pg. 8 Edina Gallovits (ROU) Sloane Stephens

Chelsey Gullickson pg. 5 Valerie Tetreault (CAN) pg. 9 Ajla Tomljanovic (CRO) Krista Hardebeck CoCo Vandeweghe Madison Keys

ADDITIONAL PLAYERS TO WATCH

Robin Anderson pg. 10 (KAZ) pg. 12 Brittany Augustine Raquel Kops-Jones (RUS) (THA) Lena Litvak Elizabeth Lumpkin Mallory Cecil Kyle McPhillips Lauren Davis Courtney Dolehide Megan Moulton-Levy Jennifer Elie Katherine Ruckert

Heidi El Tabakh (CAN) pg. 11 pg. 13 Amanda Fink (GEO) Ellen Tsay (RUS) Story Tweedie-Yates Chanelle Van Nguyen Nadja Gilchrist Sachia Vickery Ester Goldfeld (GBR) Chloe Jones Sacha Jones (NZL)

** All players American unless otherwise noted. * All information as of October 4, 2010 P L A Y E R S T O W A T C H

Kristie Ahn Age: 18 (6/15/92) Hometown: Upper Saddle River, N.J. Ranking: 506

It’s been a year of firsts for Ahn, who reached the final of the $50,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Carson, Calif., and won her first USTA Pro Circuit doubles title at the $50,000 event in Raleigh, N.C., with Nicole Gibbs. She also began college, enrolling at Stanford in the fall (along with Gibbs). Ahn made international headlines at the 2008 US Open, winning three matches as a wild card to become the youngest player to qualify for the main draw before losing to eventual semifinalist in the first round, 6-3, 6-4. Ahn also won two USTA Pro Circuit singles titles that year, and added a third—at the $25,000 event in Hammond, La.—in 2009. As a junior, she won the 2008 USTA Girls’ 18s Spring National Championships and helped the U.S. capture the 2008 Junior Fed Cup title.

Lauren Albanese Age: 21 (10/1/89) Hometown: Coral Springs, Fla. Ranking: 234

Albanese first established herself as a player to watch in 2006 with a tournament title at the $10,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Wichita, Kan. She followed that victory by winning the USTA Girls’ 18s National Championships to earn an automatic wild card into the US Open, where she advanced to the second round of the women’s singles main draw. Albanese has since been a consistent presence in the Top 200, playing primarily on the USTA Pro Circuit. This year she has advanced to the quarterfinals or better at five events and won the singles and doubles titles at a $25,000 event in Mexico. She also competed in the qualifying draws for three of the four events. As a junior in 2007, Albanese served as a practice partner with the U.S. Fed Cup team.

Julia Boserup Age: 19 (9/9/91) Hometown: Boca Raton, Fla. Ranking: 324

Boserup had her breakthrough in December 2008, winning the Dunlop for her first title on the ITF World Junior Circuit. She has built on that success over the past two years, reaching the USTA Pro Circuit doubles final at the $50,000 event in Kansas City, Mo., with partner Laura Granville in 2009 and, this year, advancing to her first career USTA Pro Circuit semifinal at the $50,000 event in Indian Harbour Beach, Calif. As a junior, Boserup advanced to the second round at the 2009 US Open girls’ singles and also reached the singles and doubles semifinals at the 2008 USTA Girls’ 18s National Championships. She is a two-time practice partner for the U.S. Fed Cup team, and trains full-time at the USTA Training Center Headquarters in Boca Raton, Fla.

Madison Brengle Age: 20 (4/3/90) Hometown: Dover, Del. Ranking: 185

Brengle has continued to make steady progress in her professional career in 2010, qualifying for the WTA Tour event in Memphis, upsetting No. 1 seed Rossana de los Rios en route to the quarterfinals at the $50,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Charlottesville, Va., and reaching her fifth career USTA Pro Circuit final at the $50,000 event in Boston. Brengle won her first career USTA Pro Circuit event in 2005 at age 15 and went on to an outstanding junior career. She rose to No. 4 in the world junior rankings in 2007, when she advanced to the girls’ singles final at both the Australian Open and Wimbledon. On the pro level, she has played in the main singles draw at three of the four Grand Slams, competing in the 2007 US Open and winning wild card playoffs to gain entry into the Australian Open (2007-08) and the French Open (2008).

Beatrice Capra Age: 18 (4/6/92) Hometown: Ellicott City, Md. Ranking: 211

Capra had a career breakthrough at the 2010 US Open. She won an eight-player USTA playoff to earn the final wild card into the main draw—her first main draw at a tour event—where she upset No. 18 seed Aravane Rezai en route to the third round. Capra won her first professional singles title in October 2009 at the USTA Pro Circuit $10,000 event in Williamsburg, Va., and also found success on the USTA Pro Circuit this year, qualifying for four events, including the $100,000 event in Midland, Mich. As a junior, Capra was a girls’ singles quarterfinalist at the 2009 US Open and a girls’ doubles semifinalist at Wimbledon. She was the top-ranked player in the USTA Girls’ 18s national standings for much of last year, winning the USTA Girls’ 18s Spring National Championships and reaching the semifinals at the USTA Girls’ 18s National Championships.

2 * All information as of October 4, 2010 P L A Y E R S T O W A T C H

Julia Cohen Age: 21 (3/23/89) Hometown: Philadelphia Ranking: 168

Cohen is a veteran of all levels of competitive tennis, excelling as a junior and collegiate player and having competed in USTA Adult events and on the USTA Pro Circuit. Cohen is currently a senior at California University in Pennsylvania after earning All-America honors as a sophomore at the University of Miami and earning ITA Rookie of the Year honors as a freshman at the University of Florida. This year she played extensively on the USTA Pro Circuit and ITF Circuit, winning a tournament in and reaching the final of a tournament in the week prior to achieve a career- high ranking of No. 163 in August. In 2008, she won three USTA national championships and added another in 2009, all in doubles with her parents. Cohen peaked at No. 4 in the ITF World Junior Rankings in 2007, when she reached the Australian Open girls’ doubles final.

Kimberly Couts Age: 21 (5/9/89) Hometown: Bradenton, Fla. Ranking: 282

Demonstrating steady progress up the professional ladder, Couts won her first professional title at the $10,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Evansville, Ind., in 2007, and has since graduated to $25,000 and $50,000 events. She has reached the quarterfinals of better of four events this year and also captured her fifth career USTA Pro Circuit doubles title at the $50,000 event in Boston, peaking at world No. 147 in the WTA doubles rankings this July. In singles, she reached the quarterfinals at the $75,000 event in Albuquerque and the semifinals at the $25,000 event in El Paso, Texas. As a junior, Couts won the 2006 Easter Bowl and was a former USTA Girls’ 16s No. 1.

Jill Craybas Age: 36 (7/4/74) Hometown: Huntington Beach, Calif. Ranking: 122

A Top 100 player each of the past nine seasons, Craybas reached a career-high No. 39 in 2006 at age 31. She has competed in all four Grand Slams each year since 2001, a string of 39 straight entering 2011. Her best result came at Wimbledon in 2005, when she knocked off en route to the fourth round. Craybas won the 2002 Open on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour and has also won four tour-level doubles titles. She has represented the U.S. in the Olympics (2008 ) and the Fed Cup, and captured her third career USTA Pro Circuit singles title at the $75,000 event in Midland, Mich., in 2007. She is the only woman to be a member of a national championship team with two different schools (Texas in 1993, Florida in 1996) and won the NCAA singles championship in 2006.

Julie Ditty Age: 31 (1/4/79) Hometown: Ashland, Ky. Ranking: 308

Ditty is the all-time leader in career USTA Pro Circuit titles with 35. This year the Vanderbilt graduate won the doubles title at the $50,000 event in Charlottesville, Va., with Carly Gullickson, for her 26th career USTA Pro Circuit doubles title. In 2009, Ditty teamed with to win the deciding doubles match in the U.S.’s 3-2 victory over in the Fed Cup first round, and advanced to the second round of the doubles at three of the four Grand Slams to achieve a career-best doubles ranking of No. 66. In 2008, she competed in the singles main draw of the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon, as well as the doubles main draw of the US Open, where she reached the round of 16 with Gullickson. Ditty broke into the Top 100 in November 2007 after advancing to the semifinals of the tour event in Quebec City, Canada.

Stephanie Dubois (CAN) Age: 23 (10/31/86) Hometown: Laval, Canada Ranking: 152

Dubois has ranked in the Top 135 each of the last four years, peaking at No. 95 in 2008, when she competed in the main draws of the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon. This year Dubois returned in the main draw of each of those Grand Slam tournaments and also advanced to her 13th USTA Pro Circuit singles final at the $50,000 event in Lexington, Ky. In 2009, she reached the second round at the US Open and the Family Circle Cup in Charleston, S.C., on the WTA Tour, and qualified for the main draw at Indian Wells. Dubois, the No. 3 Canadian woman, holds an overall 21-8 record in Fed Cup play for Canada and owns five career USTA Pro Circuit singles titles and five career doubles titles.

3 * All information as of October 4, 2010 P L A Y E R S T O W A T C H

Irina Falconi Age: 20 (5/4/90) Hometown: Jupiter, Fla. Ranking: 281

Falconi turned professional following a stellar sophomore campaign at Georgia Tech and, shortly thereafter, became the only American woman—and just the 10th qualifying wild card ever—to qualify for the US Open main draw. At Georgia Tech, Falconi posted 30 singles wins as a freshman in 2008-09 to earn All-America honors. As a sophomore, Falconi was ranked No. 1 in the 2009-10 NCAA season-end Intercollegiate Tennis Association rankings, compiled a 40-3 record overall and set a school record with 26 dual match singles wins (posting a record of 26-1). Falconi has since turned her attention to the USTA Pro Circuit. She won three singles events as a member of the 2009 and 2010 USTA Summer Collegiate Teams, including the $10,000 event in Atlanta this July. She also reached the semifinals of the $75,000 event in Vancouver, B.C., this summer and the $50,000 event in Kansas City in October.

Edina Gallovits (ROU) Age: 25 (12/10/84) Hometown: Atlanta Ranking: 81

Gallovits has been a model of consistency throughout her 10-year professional career. She has played in all four Grand Slam singles main draws, advancing to the second round five times, and improved her ranking each year from 2000 to 2008, when she reached a career-high of No. 54. She has finished in the Top 100 each of the last three years, coming in at No. 93 last season. After playing primarily on the WTA Tour in 2009, Gallovits returned to the USTA Pro Circuit this year with great success, winning three singles titles—including two at the $50,000 level—to become just the third woman in USTA Pro Circuit history with double-digit singles titles. (She currently has 12, joining with 13 and Lindsay Lee-Waters with 11.) In Fed Cup play, Gallovits competed for 2001 and 2003 and went 3-3 in singles, 4-8 overall.

Alexa Glatch Age: 21 (9/10/89) Hometown: Newport Beach, Calif. Ranking: 284

Glatch is on the comeback trail after a career year in 2009, when she propelled the U.S. to the Fed Cup final by winning two of the U.S.’s three points—dropping just six games in four sets against two Top 50 players—in its 3-2 semifinal victory against the . She also defeated No. 14 seed , 6-1, 6-1, in the first round of the . This year, Glatch qualified for the main draw of the WTA Tour event in Memphis and reached the quarterfinals of the tour event in Quebec City, Canada. As a junior, Glatch reached the final of the girls’ singles and doubles at the 2005 US Open, but suffered career-threatening injuries in a motor scooter accident shortly thereafter. She returned to the USTA Pro Circuit the following year and won her first career pro title at the $10,000 event in Fort Worth, Texas.

Laura Granville Age: 29 (5/12/81) Hometown: Ranking: 379

A former Top 30 player, Granville is still working her way back into form following an injury that cost her most of the 2008 season. She won the first event in her comeback in 2009 at the $25,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Redding, Calif., added a second tournament title at the $10,000 event in Landisville, Pa.. Overall, she has won 15 career USTA Pro Circuit titles (nine singles), including the singles at the $75,000 event in Midland, Mich., in both 2005 and 2008, and added the doubles title this year in Midland’s first $100,000 event. Granville has advanced to the third round or better at all four Grand Slams, including the fourth round at Wimbledon in 2002 and 2007, and the third round of the US Open in 2005. She is the only player to win consecutive USTA Girls’ 18s national titles (1998-99) and NCAA singles titles (2000-01 at Stanford University).

Carly Gullickson Age: 23 (11/26/86) Hometown: Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. Ranking: 345

An accomplished doubles player, Gullickson captured the mixed doubles title at the 2009 US Open with , defeating the top three seeds en route to the title and upsetting the defending champions, and , in the final. Fully recovered from an assortment of injuries that slowed her ascent in 2007, Gullickson last year qualified for both the French Open and the US Open in singles and reached the round of 16 at the US Open in doubles with Alexa Glatch. Gullickson holds 16 career USTA Pro Circuit doubles titles (fifth all-time), including the $50,000 event in Charlottesville, Va., this year with Julie Ditty. She also reached the doubles quarterfinals of the 2010 Olympus US Open Series event in Cincinnati with sister, Chelsey, the 2010 NCAA singles champion. Gullickson’s father, Bill, was a professional pitcher who led the American League with 20 wins for the 1991 Detroit Tigers.

4 * All information as of October 4, 2010 P L A Y E R S T O W A T C H

Chelsey Gullickson Age: 20 (8/29/90) Hometown: Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. Ranking: 963

Gullickson won the NCAA Division I singles title this year to become the University of Georgia’s first NCAA women’s singles champion since 1994. In turn, she received a wild card into the 2010 US Open, where she faced No. 1 seed in the first round. In 2009, Gullickson was named the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Rookie of the Year and tied a school record with 69 total wins. She won her first USTA Pro Circuit singles title at the $25,000 event in Raleigh, N.C., in 2008 and, that same year, teamed with sister Carly to reach the doubles final at the $25,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Hammond, La. The sisters also teamed to reach the quarterfinals of the Olympus US Open Series event in Cincinnati this year.

Jamie Hampton Age: 20 (1/8/90) Hometown: Auburn, Ala. Ranking: 146

Hampton has played the best tennis of her career in 2010, rising more than 550 spots in the WTA Tour rankings this year alone by reaching the final at seven USTA Pro Circuit events, highlighted by four singles titles, including victories at $50,000 events in Boston and Grapevine, Texas. Hampton was rewarded for her efforts with a wild card into the main draw of the 2010 US Open, where she took one set from No. 22 seed Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez in the first round. As a junior, Hampton twice won the USTA Girls’ 18s doubles title (2007-08) to earn a wild card into the US Open women’s doubles draw, and competed in the US Open juniors in singles or doubles each year from 2005 to 2008.

Krista Hardebeck Age: 16 (9/20/94) Hometown: Santa Ana, Calif. Ranking: 436

Hardebeck established herself as one of the most promising young players in the U.S. this year, with promising results in the juniors and on the USTA Pro Circuit. In April, she went 12-0 in junior singles play, winning the Easter Bowl without dropping a set and capturing the USTA International Spring Championships a week prior to join Sam Querrey and Melanie Oudin as the only players to win both titles back to back. She also posted her best professional result, qualifying and advancing to the quarterfinals of the $50,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Carson, Calif. For her successes, Hardebeck was awarded a wild card into the 2010 US Open Qualifying Tournament, where she won her opening match. Hardebeck was was also recognized by Sports Illustrated in May in the magazine’s “Faces in the Crowd” section, and, in August, the magazine named her a player to watch in the years to come.

Angela Haynes Age: 26 (9/27/84) Hometown: Victorville, Calif. Ranking: 457

Haynes found success at the Grand Slams in the early stages of her career, advancing to the third round of the 2004 US Open and taking a set from Serena Williams in the first round of Wimbledon in 2005. Injuries have proved troublesome since, but Haynes has remained a steady presence in American tennis. In 2008, Haynes advanced to the semifinals of tour-level Quebec City as a qualifier (falling to then-world No. 11 ). And last year she reached the third round at Indian Wells, qualified for two WTA Tour events, won a round in qualifying at the French Open and Wimbledon, and advanced to the final round of qualifying at the US Open. Overall, she holds eight career USTA Pro Circuit doubles titles, including a victory at the $25,000 event in El Paso, Texas, this year with Ahsha Rolle, along with two singles titles.

Madison Keys Age: 15 (2/17/95) Hometown: Boca Raton, Fla. Ranking: 641

Keys is among the most promising young American prospects, and already has achieved success on the professional level. In 2009, she became the youngest player (14 years, 48 days) since in 1994 to win a WTA tour- level match, defeating in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., and the youngest ever to compete in World TeamTennis, defeating Serena Williams in a match last summer. Keys has continued to play well this year on the USTA Pro Circuit, where she has reached the semifinals of four events and won her first professional title at the $10,000 event in Cleveland. She also received a wild card into the 2010 US Open Qualifying Tournament, where she lost in three sets in the first round. As a standout junior, Keys was a girls’ 16s finalist at the 2008 Dunlop Orange Bowl and advanced to the quarterfinals of the USTA International Spring Championships earlier this year.

5 * All information as of October 4, 2010 P L A Y E R S T O W A T C H

Michaella Krajicek (NED) Age: 21 (1/9/89) Hometown: Bradenton, Fla. Ranking: 135

Krajicek finished in the Top 40 of the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour rankings in 2006 and 2007, reaching the third round at the 2006 Australian Open and , as well as the quarterfinals at Wimbledon in 2007. Injuries slowed her progress, but Krajicek has been working her way back into form on the USTA Pro Circuit. She holds three WTA tour- level singles titles and this year won her fourth tour doubles titles, in Memphis with . She captured her first USTA Pro Circuit singles title in 2009 at the $50,000 event in Boston and won her second $50,000 event in Charlottesville, Va., earlier this year. In 2004, the former world junior No. 1 won the singles and doubles titles at the US Open juniors and won the junior French Open doubles title as well. Krajicek is the younger sister of 1996 Wimbledon champion Richard Krajicek.

Lindsay Lee-Waters Age: 33 (6/28/77) Hometown: Dunwoody, Ga. Ranking: 199

Lee-Waters, a mother of two, was the leading money winner on the women’s USTA Pro Circuit in 2009 and has had another successful year in 2010, winning four USTA Pro Circuit doubles events this year (all with Megan Moulton-Levy) and advancing to two singles finals, including $75,000 Albuquerque, N.M. Lee-Waters first broke into the Top 50 in 1995, when she qualified for Wimbledon and upset in the opening round. Since taking time off in 2000 to give birth to her first child, a daughter, Lee-Waters has played primarily on the USTA Pro Circuit. Overall, she holds 30 USTA Pro Circuit career titles (19 in doubles), tying her for second all-time with Nana Miyagi. She has also competed in 13 US Opens, either in the qualifying or main draw, and reached the second round in both 1995 and 2004.

Varvara Lepchenko Age: 24 (5/21/86) Hometown: Allentown, Pa. Ranking: 87

Lepchenko, a native of Uzbekistan, has stepped up her game in the last two years, cracking the Top 100 in 2009 and playing regularly on the WTA Tour this year. After a steady rise on the USTA Pro Circuit—she finished sixth or better on the USTA Pro Circuit prize money list each year from 2005 to 2008—Lepchenko advanced to the second round of both the French Open and Wimbledon this year and qualified for WTA Tour events in Miami, Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., and at the Olympus US Open Series event in New Haven, Conn. She also captured her eighth USTA Pro Circuit singles title at the $50,000 event in Las Vegas. Lepchenko has been living in the U.S. since 2001 after receiving political asylum. She changed her nationality in 2007 to play for the U.S., and will officially obtain U.S. citizenship in 2011.

Mirjana Lucic (CRO) Age: 28 (3/9/82) Hometown: Tampa, Fla. Ranking: 103

Lucic was one of the tennis’ rising stars in the late 1990s, peaking at No. 32 in 1998 and advancing to the semifinals of Wimbledon in 1999. She also won the 1998 Australian Open doubles title with Martina Hingis and, in singles, advanced to the third round at the US Open in 1997 and 1998, and at the French Open in 2001. Lucic, however, went into semi- retirement in 2003, playing in just two events between the 2003 US Open and the 2007 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour event in Memphis, both at the $75,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Dothan, Ala. She officially launched her comeback in 2007 on the USTA Pro Circuit, and won the first two USTA Pro Circuit titles in her return this year. She also qualified for Wimbledon and the US Open, where she reached the second round to approach the Top 100 for the first time in 10 years.

Christina McHale Age: 18 (5/11/92) Hometown: Englewood Cliffs, N.J. Ranking: 106

McHale, one of the rising stars in American tennis, has come into her own as a professional in 2010. She won a USTA playoff to earn a wild card into the main draw of the and had her best pro result by reaching the semifinals of the WTA Tour event in Quebec City, Canada, to rise to the cusp of the Top 100 in October. McHale also upset Nadia Petrova en route to the round of 16 at the Olympus US Open Series event in Cincinnati. In 2009, McHale captured the USTA Girls’ 18s singles and doubles crowns, becoming the first girl to sweep the singles and doubles since 2000, to earn a wild card into the 2009 US Open. There, she became just the second USTA Girls’ 18s champion this century to win her first round match. As a junior, McHale won the 2009 Easter Bowl to crack the Top 10 in the world junior rankings.

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Alexandra Mueller Age: 22 (2/14/88) Hometown: Abington, Pa. Ranking: 416

Mueller won the inaugural US Open National Playoffs earlier this year, defeating former world No. 51 Alina Jidkova 6-0, 6-3, in the final, to earn a wild card into the 2010 US Open Qualifying Tournament. Mueller first made waves in 2003, when she won the $10,000 ITF event in Mont Tremblant, Canada, at age 15, and competed on the U.S. Junior Fed Cup team. She has made steady progress in her professional career since, competing primarily on the USTA Pro Circuit. This year she has captured three USTA Pro Circuit titles, including both the singles and doubles titles at the $10,000 event in Landisville, Pa. She has also reached the final of two $50,000 events in doubles—at Charlottesville, Va., and Raleigh, N.C.—both with Ahsha Rolle. Mueller competed in the doubles main draw of the US Open in 2004 and 2007.

Asia Muhammad Age: 19 (4/4/91) Hometown: Henderson, Nev. Ranking: 466

Muhammad learned to play tennis at the Boys and Girls Club in Las Vegas, where she trained to become a Top 10 junior. In 2009, she won the doubles title at the USTA Girls’ 18s National Championships with partner Christina McHale, earning a wild card into the main draw of the women’s doubles at the US Open. Also at the Open, Muhammad upset the top seed of the girls’ singles en route to the round of 16. Muhammad reached her first $50,000 final on the USTA Pro Circuit in 2008 in Las Vegas and has since become a USTA Pro Circuit regular. This year she advanced to the quarterfinals of the $50,000 events in Carson, Calif., and Lexington, Ky., and reached the doubles final of the $25,000 event in Osprey, Fla. Muhammad’s father, Ronald, played basketball at USC, and her mother, Faye, was an All-American basketball player at Long Beach State.

Lilia Osterloh Age: 32 (4/7/78) Hometown: Aliso Viejo, Calif. Ranking: 196

Osterloh has been competing on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour for more than a decade, finishing in the year-end Top 100 from 1999 to 2001, and again in 2007. She achieved a career-high ranking of No. 41 in April 2001 after reaching the fourth round at Wimbledon and the US Open in 2000. On the WTA Tour, Osterloh has advanced to the singles semifinals in three events and has captured two doubles titles. She won USTA Pro Circuit singles titles at the $75,000 event in Pittsburgh in 2005 and the $50,000 event in Waikoloa, Hawaii, in 2006, and, overall, has reached nine USTA Pro Circuit singles finals since 1996. Osterloh also owns seven USTA Pro Circuit doubles titles and reached the doubles final of the $100,000 event in Midland, Mich., earlier this year. She is one of just four women to have won both the NCAA singles title (at Stanford) and USTA Girls’ 18s Championships.

Shenay Perry Age: 26 (7/6/84) Hometown: Coral Springs, Fla. Ranking: 186

Perry reached the third round at the French Open and the fourth round at Wimbledon in 2006 to peak at No. 40 in the world. Her rise up the rankings was halted, however, when she suffered a knee injury that kept her from playing singles events from mid-2007 to mid-2008. Healthy once again in 2009, Perry won $75,000 USTA Pro Circuit events in Dothan, Ala., and Albuquerque, N.M., and qualified for the US Open, where she advanced to the second round. This year she has played consistently on the WTA Tour, qualifying for the Australian Open and Wimbledon (reaching the second round) and competing in the French Open. For her career, Perry holds 15 USTA Pro Circuit titles (seven doubles). She has reached the quarterfinals or better four times on the WTA Tour.

Alison Riske Age: 20 (7/3/90) Hometown: McMurray, Pa. Ranking: 149

Riske has enjoyed a breakout 2010, highlighted by reaching the semifinals of the Wimbledon tune-up event in , England, where she defeated Top 20 player before falling in three sets to Maria Sharapova. That showing earned Riske a wild card into Wimbledon for her first appearance in a Grand Slam main draw. She also won an ITF-level event in England in October, upsetting four of the top five seeds. Overall, she has improved her world ranking more than 750 places from the start of 2009. Riske won her first pro title last year at the USTA Pro Circuit $50,000 event in Troy, Ala., as a qualifier. As a junior, she rose to No. 2 in the USTA Girls’ 18s national standings and was a finalist at the 2007 USTA Girls’ 18s National Championships. Riske also served as a practice partner for the U.S.’s 2008 Fed Cup semifinal against Russia.

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Shelby Rogers Age: 17 (10/13/92) Hometown: Daniel Island, S.C. Ranking: 344

Rogers burst onto the tennis scene earlier this year, winning a pre-qualifying event to earn a qualifying wild card into the Family Circle Cup in Charleston, S.C., on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, and advancing to her first USTA Pro Circuit doubles final in Mount Pleasant, S.C., both near her hometown. She also reached the final of the $50,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Indian Harbour Beach, Fla., as a qualifier, and the quarterfinals of the $75,000 event in Vancouver prior to the US Open. On the junior circuit, Rogers earned a wild card into the main draw of the US Open by winning the USTA Girls’ 18s National Championships. It was her first appearance at the US Open in the main draw or the juniors.

Ahsha Rolle Age: 25 (3/21/85) Hometown: Miami Shores, Fla. Ranking: 311

Rolle broke through at the 2007 US Open, where she upset then-world No. 18 en route to the third round. That same year she qualified for the Australian Open and reached the third round at the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour event in Indian Wells, defeating No. 29 seed in the second round. This year Rolle reached the quarterfinals at six USTA Pro Circuit events (including four $50,000 events) and won the doubles title at the $50,000 event in El Paso, Texas, with Angela Haynes. In 2008, Rolle qualified for the Olympus US Open Series event in Los Angeles and won a singles match as a member of the U.S. Fed Cup team in the World Group semifinals against Russia. She is a nine- time champion on the USTA Pro Circuit, capturing the singles title at the $75,000 event in Albuquerque, N.M., in 2006.

Abigail Spears Age: 29 (7/12/81) Hometown: San Diego Ranking: 261

Spears has played extensively on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, having advanced to the singles final of Quebec City, Canada, in 2004 and the third round of the Australian Open in 2005, when she reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 66. She has also won five tour-level doubles titles, one each year from 2003 to 2005, and two in 2009, when she climbed to No. 40 in the individual doubles rankings. On the USTA Pro Circuit, Spears holds 16 doubles titles spanning 2001 to 2010, which ranks fifth all-time, with her last title coming at the $50,000 event in Kansas City, Mo., this October. Spears also captured her first USTA Pro Circuit singles title since 2004 this year at the $25,000 event in Surprise, Ariz. She played one season of college tennis at UCLA (1999-2000) and, as a junior, won USTA Girls’ 18s doubles titles in 1998 and 1999 with different partners.

Sloane Stephens Age: 17 (3/20/93) Hometown: Lauderhill, Fla. Ranking: 221

Stephens was one of the stars of the world junior circuit in 2010, winning the girls’ doubles titles (with Timea Babos) and reaching the singles quarterfinals or better at the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open, with a semifinal showing in Flushing Meadows. In addition, in 2010 Stephens won her first professional match at the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour event in Indian Wells, Calif., beating Lucie Hradecka, and also reached her first career final at an ITF-level event in . Her results this year follow a stellar 2009, when she climbed to No. 5 in the ITF junior world rankings, and in 2008 she was a semifinalist at the 2008 Dunlop Orange Bowl and helped the U.S. capture the Junior Fed Cup title that year. Also, during the 2008 US Open, Stephens teamed with to upset the No. 1 seeds in the first round of the mixed doubles and reached the girls’ doubles final.

Alexandra Stevenson Age: 29 (12/21/80) Hometown: San Diego Ranking: 337

Stevenson, a former Top 20 player, emerged in 1999 by advancing to the Wimbledon semifinals as a qualifier—becoming the first female qualifier in the tournament’s history to reach the semifinals. She was ranked in the year-end Top 100 each year from 1999 to 2003, and peaked at No. 18 in the world in 2002 after reaching her second Sony Ericsson WTA Tour final of the year. Injuries drove her rankings into the 600s in 2005, but Stevenson rebounded to climb back into the Top 200 last year, reaching the final at the $50,000 event in Carson, Calif., for her best result on the USTA Pro Circuit since winning the $50,000 event in Midland, Mich., in 1998. This year Stevenson, the daughter of basketball Hall of Famer Julius Erving, has reached the quarterfinals at $50,000 events in Lexington, Ky., and Indian Harbour Beach, Fla.

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Valerie Tetreault (CAN) Age: 22 (1/21/88) Hometown: Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Canada Ranking: 173

Tetreault drove her ranking up nearly 300 places by winning three USTA Pro Circuit singles titles in 2009, including the $50,000 events in Carson, Calif., and Grapevine, Texas. She also reached the doubles final in Grapevine with American Kimberly Couts. Tetreault qualified for the 2009 US Open, her first Grand Slam event, and also for the , where she lost to in the first round. She peaked at No. 112 in the world rankings in February after reaching the round of 16 at the tour event in Memphis, Tenn., and has reached the quarterfinals at three $50,000 events on the ITF and USTA Pro Circuit. She also went 2-0 in Fed Cup play for Canada this year.

Ajla Tomljanovic (CRO) Age: 17 (7/5/93) Hometown: Zagreb, Croatia Rank: 160

Tomljanovic has risen more than 150 places in the WTA Tour rankings this year alone, her first full year of solely professional events, largely on the strength of her USTA Pro Circuit results. She opened the season by qualifying and winning the $25,000 event in Plantation, Fla., and in April reached the final at another $25,000 event in Pelham, Ala. She then captured an ITF-level title in and reached the round of 16 at a WTA Tour event in Memphis. Tomljanovic also made her debut ion Fed Cup play, going 2-1 in singles for Croatia. She peaked at No. 4 in the junior world rankings in 2009, when she reached the semifinals of the Dunlop Orange Bowl and won the doubles title at the Australian Open with American Christina McHale.

Coco Vandeweghe Age: 18 (12/6/91) Hometown: Rancho Mirage, Calif. Ranking: 113

Vandeweghe is bearing down on the Top 100 in her finest season as a professional. She began 2010 by winning a USTA playoff to earn a main draw wild card into the Australian Open, then claimed her first USTA Pro Circuit title at the $50,000 event in Carson, Calif. This summer she reached the quarterfinals of the Olympus US Open Series event in San Diego and, following an appearance in the main draw of the 2010 US Open, posted her best WTA Tour result by qualifying and advancing to the quarterfinals of a $2 million event in , where she scored five victories over Top 100 players, including No. 18 Aravane Rezai. As a junior, Vandweghe won the US Open girls’ singles title and the USTA Girls’ 18s doubles crown in 2008. Vandeweghe’s mom, Tauna, was an Olympic medalist in both swimming and volleyball, and her uncle is former NBA star Kiki Vandeweghe.

Mashona Washington Age: 34 (5/31/76) Hometown: Ranking: 340

Washington finished 2004 ranked No. 50 in the world after reaching her first WTA Tour final, in Tokyo, and advancing to the quarterfinals at the Olympus US Open Series events in Stanford, Calif., and New Haven, Conn., where she defeated then-world No. 7 Maria Sharapova. In 2005, Washington achieved her best showing in a Grand Slam by reaching the third round at Wimbledon. But she suffered a knee injury in July 2006 while playing for the U.S. Fed Cup team in and did not compete in singles again for more than a year. Washington returned to the winner’s circle in May 2008, qualifying and taking the title at the $50,000 event in Carson, Calif., for her third career USTA Pro Circuit singles title. Overall, she holds 10 career USTA Pro Circuit doubles titles, including back-to-back $25,000 crowns in Florida this past January.

Caitlin Whoriskey Age: 22 (4/19/88) Hometown: East Sandwich, Mass. Ranking: 889

Whoriskey was named the 2010 Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s National Senior Player of the Year for Division I women’s tennis after leading the University of Tennessee to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament for the first time in eight seasons. In 2009 and 2010, Whoriskey was named to the USTA Summer Collegiate Team, posting promising results. This year she won back-to-back doubles titles at $10,000 events in Cleveland and Mount Pleasant, S.C., and then reached the doubles final of two additional $10,000 events. In singles, she advanced to the quarterfinals of three $10,000 events this summer, and last year she reached her first career USTA Pro Circuit singles final at the $10,000 event in St. Joseph, Mo., where she lost to fellow collegiate All-American Irina Falconi.

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Augustine Barte Brodsky Burdette Cako

Player Name Age / Hometown Ranking Player Information

Reached the quarterfinals of the 2010 US Open juniors, and advanced to the 17 (4/12/93) semifinals of the Easter Bowl and the quarterfinals of the Orange Bowl this year. No ranking Robin Anderson Matawan, N.J. … Reached the singles and doubles semifinals of the $10,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Landisville, Pa., this year in her best pro result.

Reached the semifinals of the $10,000 event in Brownsville, Texas, in 2009, her 19 (9/19/91) best USTA Pro Circuit showing. … Practiced with the and 511 Brittany Augustine El Segundo, Calif. while on the 2003 Junior U.S. Fed Cup Team. … Dad was a pro soccer player in Trinidad and Tobago.

All-American at Stanford University was the 2009 Pac-10 Player of the Year. … Won 2009-10 NCAA women’s doubles title, earning a wild card into US Open with 21 (11/17/88) 888 Lindsay Burdette. … Finished season with a national collegiate singles ranking Hilary Barte Chatsworth, Calif. of No. 3. … Lost to Melanie Oudin at Olympus US Open Series event in Stanford, Calif., in 2009. Won the doubles title at $10,000 event in Landisville, Pa., on USTA Pro Circuit in 2010. … Earned a wild card into the 2008 US Open after winning the 2008 USTA 19 (6/5/91) 465 Girls’ 18s National Championships; also competed in the US Open main draw in Gail Brodsky Brooklyn, N.Y. 2009. … Born in the and immigrated to Brooklyn at age 5. … Mother was a gymnast and father was a professional rower in Ukraine.

Reached the girls’ doubles final at the 2008 US Open with Sloane Stephens. … 19 (1/28/91) No ranking Currently attends Stanford University, where she was named Pac-10 Freshman of Mallory Burdette Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. the Year, finishing the 2009-10 season with a national singles ranking of No. 32.

Owns two career USTA Pro Circuit singles titles. … Won the doubles and reached the singles final of $10,000 event in Hilton Head, S.C., earlier this year. … 19 (8/30/91) 378 As a junior, reached the final at the 2008 International Spring Championships. … Jacqueline Cako Brier, Wash. Formerly competed in gymnastics, but stopped competition after becoming too tall (currently 5’10”). Won the 2009 NCAA Division I singles title as a freshman and led the Duke University women’s team to its first-ever NCAA team title. … Named the 2009 20 (7/18/90) Intercollegiate Tennis Association National Player of the Year and earned a 565 Mallory Cecil Spartanburg, S.C. wild card into the 2009 US Open. … Won the doubles title at the $25,000 event in Pelham, Ala., earlier this year on the USTA Pro Circuit and also reached the singles final at a $25,000 ITF Circuit event in Great Britain. Won her first pro title at $10,000 event in Williamsburg, Va., on USTA Pro Circuit in 2010. … Reached the girls’ 18s final at 2010 Easter Bowl and the 2010 Italian 16 (10/9/93) 818 Open. … Finished 2009 season ranked No. 2 in the USTA Girls’ 18s national Lauren Davis Cleveland standings. … Reached the quarterfinals in girls’ singles at the 2009 US Open. … Won back-to-back USTA Girls’ 16s National Championships, 2008-09. Currently competing as a freshman for UCLA. … Won the 2010 US Open National Playoffs Northern Sectional Qualifying Tournament. … Reached her first pro 18 (3/25/92) final at $10,000 event in Wichita, Kan., on the USTA Pro Circuit in 2009. … Took No ranking Courtney Dolehide Hinsdale, Ill. third place in singles and doubles at the 2008 USTA Girls’ 18s National Winter Championships. … Featured on ESPNRise.com, an ESPN website celebrating high school athletics. Reached the semifinals of the $50,000 event in Boston on the USTA Pro Circuit in 24 (9/22/86) 2010. ... Holds two USTA Pro Circuit doubles titles. … Competed in international 322 Jennifer Elie New York ITF-level events in Mexico, , Korea, and New Zealand. … Coached by her father.

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Embree Fink Frilling Gibbs S. Jones

Player Name Age / Hometown Ranking Player Information

Qualified for the French Open and Olympus US Open Series event in this 24 (9/25/86) 211 year. … Won the doubles title at the $75,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Vancouver Heidi El Tabakh (CAN) Toronto, Canada this year. … Holds five career USTA Pro Circuit doubles titles.

Made Grand Slam debut in 2009 after winning a USTA wild card playoff to gain entry into the French Open. … Led the University of Florida to the Southeastern 19 (1/10/91) Conference tournament title as the team’s No. 1 singles player her freshman No ranking Lauren Embree Naples, Fla. year (2009-10). … Reached the singles and doubles finals at both the 2009 USTA Girls’ 18s National Championships and the 2009 Easter Bowl (where she won the doubles title). Four-year letter winner at the University of Southern California. … Named ITA Rookie of the Year in 2006. … Won the Pac-10 singles and doubles championships 23 (12/4/86) 472 her senior year. … Won her first pro title at the $10,000 event in Atlanta on the Amanda Fink Calabasas, Calif. USTA Pro Circuit in 2008. … Reached the doubles final of the $75,000 event in Vancouver in 2010. Competes for Notre Dame and has appeared in both the NCAA singles and doubles championships, earning All-America honors in 2009. … Won the doubles 20 (1/8/90) No ranking title at the $10,000 event in Atlanta on the USTA Pro Circuit in 2010. … Reached Kristy Frilling Sidney, Ohio the doubles semifinals at the 2008 Olympus US Open Series event in Cincinnati with Madison Brengle.

Won the 2010 US Open girls’ title and advanced to the semifinals in doubles. … 16 (3/5/94) 518 No. 1-ranked junior in the ITF World Junior Rankings. … Won the singles title at Daria Gavrilova (RUS) , Russia the Youth Olympic Games in this summer.

Top American junior beginning her freshman year at Stanford University. … Reached the final at the USTA Girls’ 18s National Championships and competed 17 (3/3/93) 363 in the US Open juniors in 2010. …Reached the quarterfinals at the $50,000 event Nicole Gibbs Manhattan Beach, Calif. in Carson, Calif., on the USTA Pro Circuit in 2009. … Won the doubles title at the $50,000 event in Raleigh, N.C., in 2010.

Earned All-America honors in doubles at the University of Georgia her freshman 20 (6/7/90) No ranking year after playing No. 1 doubles with Chelsey Gullickson. … Was a finalist at the Nadja Gilchrist Webster, N.Y. 2007 Easter Bowl, defeating Melanie Oudin in the quarterfinals.

Won her first pro tournament last year in doubles in Wichita, Kan., and reached her first singles final in Brownsville, Texas, both $10,000 events on the USTA Pro 17 (7/4/93) 459 Circuit, in 2009. … As a junior, she reached the singles and doubles quarterfinals Ester Goldfeld Brooklyn, N.Y. at the 2010 Australian Open, and won the singles title at the 2009 International Hard Court Championships.

Qualified for $50,000 event in Troy, Ala., on USTA Pro Circuit in 2010. … Reached 20 (2/1/90) 697 back-to-back quarterfinals at $10,000 events in Landisville, Pa., and Sumter, S.C., Chloe Jones Baldwin City, Kan. in 2009. … Doubles finalist at the 2007 Easter Bowl with Asia Muhammad.

No. 1 player in New Zealand. … Broke her shoulder while mountain biking in early 2009, but returned and won four consecutive $25,000 titles (three in Australia 19 (11/8/90) 194 and one in Rock Hill, S.C., on the USTA Pro Circuit) starting in September 2009. … Sacha Jones (NZL) New Zealand Also won a $25,000 event in Australia in September 2010 … Went 4-4 in singles and doubles for New Zealand’s Fed Cup team in 2010. 11 * All information as of October 4, 2010 A D D I T I O N A L P L A Y E R S T O W A T C H

Kulikova Litvak McPhillips Min Moulton-Levy

Player Name Age / Hometown Ranking Player Information

Peaked at a career-high No. 35 in 2005. … Advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2005 French Open, upsetting in the third round. … Received a 21 (8/8/89) Sesil Karatantcheva 142 wild card into 2010 Australian Open. … Three-time singles champion on the USTA (KAZ) Pro Circuit, including two titles in 2008. … Suspended from play in 2006-07 after testing positive for the steroid nandrolone.

Won two Sony Ericsson WTA Tour doubles titles in 2009. … Holds 13 career USTA 27 (12/8/82) Pro Circuit titles (12 doubles). … Was a five-time All-American at the University No ranking Raquel Kops-Jones Fresno, Calif. of California-Berkeley and became the first Cal player named ITA National Senior Player of the Year (2004).

Born in . … Reached the third round at Wimbledon in 2010 and in 2009 as a qualifier, defeating No. 27 seed in 2009. … Qualified for the 21 (1/30/89) 84 2010 Australian Open. … Reached the quarterfinals of the WTA event in in Regina Kulikova (RUS) 2010. … Won two $50,000 events on USTA Pro Circuit in 2009 (Kansas City, Mo.; Las Vegas). First Asian player to be named the ITF Junior World Champion after finishing 2008 ranked No. 1. … In 2009, won the girls’ singles and doubles titles at Wimbledon 18 (11/18/91) Noppawan 224 and reached the girls’ doubles final at French Open and US Open. … Reached Lertcheewakarn (THA) singles and doubles final at $10,000 event in St. Joseph, Mo., on USTA Pro Circuit in 2010. Born in the Ukraine. … Played at Harvard for one year before turning pro. … Qualified for two $75,000 USTA Pro Circuit events in 2009 (Dothan, Ala.; 21 (11/15/88) 389 Vancouver). … Reached the second round at the $50,000 event in Troy, Ala., as a Lena Litvak Bronx, N.Y. qualifier in 2010. … Has competed in ITF-level events in Korea, Greece, Israel and Portugal. Won her first pro title at the $10,000 event in Evansville, Ind., on USTA Pro Circuit in 2009. … Won the doubles title at the $10,000 event in Amelia Island, Fla., in 24 (5/24/86) 510 2010. … Helped lead UCLA to the NCAA team title in 2008. … Served on the Elizabeth Lumpkin Naperville, N.M. Bruin Athletic Council for three years and earned the West Region Arthur Ashe Leadership Award. Has reached two singles finals on the USTA Pro Circuit, including her first at the $10,000 event in Cleveland in 2009. … Won the 2010 USTA Girls’ 16s National 16 (4/5/94) 726 Championships and swept girls’ 16s singles and doubles titles at the 2010 Easter Kyle McPhillips Cleveland Bowl. … Won the girls’ 14s title in 2008 and girls’ 16s title in 2009 at USTA National Clay Court Championships. … Was a member of winning U.S. team at 2008 World Won the doubles title at the 2010 USTA Girls’ 18s National Championships to earn a doubles main draw wild card into the 2010 US Open. … Won her first 16 (6/5/94) 664 international junior title in February 2010 at an ITF event in . … Won the girls’ Grace Min Lawrenceville, Ga. 18s doubles title at the Easter Bowl. … Qualified for the $50,000 event in Troy, Ala., on USTA Pro Circuit. … Helped lead the U.S. to the 2008 World title. Has won the doubles titles at the $75,000 event in Albuquerque and the $50,000 event in Las Vegas back-to-back earlier this year; also won $50,000 doubles titles 25 (3/11/85) No ranking in Grapevine, Texas, and Carson, Calif., in 2010. … Holds one USTA Pro Circuit Megan Moulton-Levy Monroe, Mich. singles title ($10,000 Evansville, Ind., in 2008). … Former All-American at the College of William & Mary was the first player in school history to advance to the

Played for three years at the University of Texas, earning All-America honors. … 27 (5/3/83) 632 Named ITA Southwest Region Rookie of the Year as a freshman in 2002. … Won Katherine Ruckert Madison, Va. back-to-back $10,000 ITF-level events in in both 2007 and 2008.

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Tatishvili Tsay Vickery Weinhold Will

Player Name Age / Hometown Ranking Player Information

USC senior enters the 2010-11 season at No. 3 in collegiate rankings. … Named to the 2010 USTA Summer Collegiate Team. … Has two career USTA Pro Circuit 20 (11/26/89) No ranking doubles titles, and reached the doubles final of $50,000 event in Las Vegas in Maria Sanchez Modesto, Calif. 2010. … Qualified and reached the semifinals in singles at the $10,000 event in St. Joseph, Mo., in 2009.

Former UCLA All-American finished her senior season ranked No. 7 in the 22 (5/4/88) collegiate rankings. … Captured her first career singles title at $10,000 event in No ranking Yasmin Schnack Sacramento, Calif. Mexico City in 2010, along with her second career USTA Pro Circuit doubles title at $10,000 event in Redding, Calif. … Competed in all four Grand Slams as a junior.

Advanced to semifinals of singles and doubles at the $75,000 event in Albuquerque, N.M., on the USTA Pro Circuit in 2010. … Won USTA Pro Circuit 20 (2/3/90) 136 singles titles at $50,000 events in Boston and Troy, Ala., in 2008. … Won her first Anna Tatishvili (GEO) Boca Raton, Fla. WTA Tour match in 2006 in Miami. … Competed on the 2009 Georgian Fed Cup team. Won the singles title at the 2009 Girls’ 18s Winter National Championships and the doubles title at the 2010 International Spring Championships. … Won the doubles 16 (10/8/93) 695 title at $10,000 event in St. Joseph, Mo., on the USTA Pro Circuit in 2010. … Swept Ellen Tsay Pleasanton, Calif. the girls’ 16s singles and doubles titles at 2008 Easter Bowl. … Has won prize money in piano and writing competitions. Won team national championships at Stanford University in 2002 and 2004 (earning All-America honors) before transferring to Texas Christian for her senior 27 (5/2/83) 840 year. … Owns three career USTA Pro Circuit doubles titles, including at the Story Tweedie-Yates Redmond, Wash. $10,000 event in Amelia Island, Fla., earlier this year. … Also reached the doubles final at the $50,000 event in Lexington, Ky.

Won the girls’ 16s title at the 2008 Dunlop Orange Bowl. … Reached the final at 16 (1/19/94) both the 2009 USTA Girls’ 16s National Championships and the 2008 USTA Girls’ 837 Chanelle Van Nguyen Miami 14s National Clay Court Championships. … Advanced to the semifinals of the $10,000 event in Evansville, Ind., on the USTA Pro Circuit in 2010. Reached the final at the 2010 International Spring Championships and the round of 16 at the 2010 US Open juniors. … Reached the semifinals at the $10,000 event 15 (5/11/95) in Evansville, Ind., on the USTA Pro Circuit in 2009. … Won the girls’ 14s title at No ranking Sachia Vickery Miramar, Fla. 2008 Easter Bowl. … Helped lead the U.S. to consecutive titles at World Junior Tennis Championships, 2008-09. … Worked with Richard Williams, father of the Williams sisters, for one summer. Reached the quarterfinals of $25,000 events in Jackson, Miss., and Hammond, La., in 2010. … Was the No. 3 junior player in the world at the end of 2009, having won 18 (5/19/92) 202 the girls’ singles title at the 2009 US Open and the girls’ doubles title at the 2009 Heather Watson (GBR) Great Britain French Open. … Won her first pro title in 2009 at a $10,000 ITF-level event in Great Britain. … Trains in Florida.

Won the 2007 USTA Girls’ 18s title, earning a singles wild card into main draw of 21 (6/20/89) US Open. … Captured her first USTA Pro Circuit singles title in 2006 at the $10,000 488 Ashley Weinhold Austin, Texas event in Southlake, Texas. … Holds five career USTA Pro Circuit doubles titles. … Played for the World TeamTennis St. Louis Aces in 2009.

Sophomore at University of Florida is collegiately ranked No. 5 entering the college season. … Won the doubles title at the $10,000 event in Sumter, S.C., 19 (4/20/91) 725 on the USTA Pro Circuit in 2009. … Reached her first singles final at the $10,000 Allie Will Boca Raton, Fla. event in Atlanta in 2010. … Advanced to doubles final at the 2009 USTA Girls’ 18s National Championships. … Once attempted to return Andy Roddick’s .

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